Why Some Companies Grow Amid Uncertainty—and Others Don’t · Simon Freakley and David Garfield
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STRATEGIC PLANNING PLAYS a key role in helping companies anticipate and manage business cycles. But forces like emerging digital technologies, climate change, and deglobalization—not to mention “black swan” events like the Covid-19 pandemic and wars—have turned a rolling sea into a choppy one, where companies are beset by currents, crosscurrents, riptides, and squalls. This multiplicity of related, unrelated, and inter-related difficulties have one thing in common: They are unpredictable. By their very nature, disruption and uncertainty make a hash of strategic plans. When you cannot base strategy on reasonably certain premises—or when those reasonable premises are undone by unforeseeable events—what is a company to do? You still have to make plans, allocate capital, and invest for the future. …
摘自《哈佛商业评论》(Harvard Business Review)Special Issue: New Strategies for Growth · 2026年春季刊,Simon Freakley and David Garfield。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。